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Tag: Ice Hockey

So far my journey in the beer league has gone right in every way. I quickly adapted to training, I earned a spot on the team, I got ice time in the pre season matches all quite quickly. I always knew however that it wasn’t going to be easy to get on the team. The pace and skill set was high and although I was … Continue reading Week 10 – Perspective

As I stepped onto the ice on Varx training it was for the first time since I had signed for the Falcons and made my debut the previous evening. Players from the Falcons train with the Varx. We had set up a drill that we also used in Falcons. Instead of shooting from the middle we started to shoot from the side. I followed suit. … Continue reading Week 8 – Always a Falcon

This time we were on home ice. Our ice is wider so we had the advantage of space. Generally there is more players in home games than away games. This meant that they had a smaller bench and i also meant that I fully expected to have less time on the ice as more of the players could make this. I didn’t mind, i had … Continue reading Blackburn Falcons – Vs Widnes Wildcats (Preseason Match 2)

My Debut Once upon a time Widnes and Blackburn were the same team. This was the team I left. Then they split and began to get more professional and started to draft players in from the professional, minors and foriegn pools. Despite most of the original players moving on, there is still a fierce rivalry between the two teams. What better a match then to … Continue reading Blackburn Falcons – Vs Widnes Wildcats (Preseason Match 1)

Despite this being the beer league a lot of people on the team take there fitness seriously, or, like me, they are fighting age and trying to return to a time when they were at the peak of their physical condition. It is in this endeavour that the drop a stone in a month challenge started. Two players challenged each other to lose a stone. … Continue reading Week 7 – The Week I joined the Team

“They hone their skills by playing each other, Saturday after Saturday for as long as anyone can remember.” Mystery Alaska The preseason matches are booked and everybody is itching for more ice time. This week there are more Falcon players on the Aardvarx than usual which is good because it raises the bar for Varx players. When I train I got into the habit of … Continue reading Week 6 – Legs and Glide

This week was the week the week of the NHL Allstar game and skills competition. I love this event as is shows a real banter between the top players in the world. Hockey is a game and as such the most important thing is to have fun. These competitions show the world that the worlds elite feel this way too. But what a show. The … Continue reading Week 5 – Allstars